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THE GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.
24. The Hospital consists of three blocks and contains 225 beds in 23 wards. About one half the accommodation has been placed under the care of the clinical professors of the University who have been gazetted respectively Surgeon, Physician and Obstetric Physician to the Hospital.
The number of inpatients in 1933 was 5,113 as compared with 4,876 in the previous year.
25. Attendances at the Outpatient Department numbered 51,925 (47,627 in 1932). Exclusive of the V.D. clinic, the greater part of the work of this department is done by the staff of the University.
26. Attached to the hospital is a Maternity Hospital of 21 beds. There were 932 cases in 1933 and 885 in 1932. With the exception of a few cases attended by the Government Medical Officers, all the cases were under the care of the University Professor and his assistants.
MENTAL HOSPITAL.
27. Situated close to the Government Civil Hospital is the Mental Hospital which is under the direction of the Medical Officer in charge of the Government Civil Hospital. There are separate divisions for European and Chinese. The European section contains 14 beds and the Chinese section 18 beds. This hospital is mainly only a temporary abode for mental cases, those of Chinese nationality being sent to Canton, and those of other nationalities repatriated to their respective countries. There were 352 cases in 1933 and 307 in 1932. While there are 14 European beds and 18 native beds, the daily average number of patients for 1933 was 35.9.
GOVERNMENT INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
28. This hospital, situated on the Western outskirts of the City of Victoria, is the only Government Institution of its kind for the whole Colony. Formerly a Police Station, it contains only 26 beds. Twenty-eight cases were admitted in 1933 as compared with two hundred and eighty-one cases in 1932.
KOWLOON HOSPITAL.
29. Situated on the mainland, this hospital has 84 beds and 8 cots. During 1933 the number of patients treated was 2,321, the number of 1932 was 2,132.
A new general diseases block and quarters for a second Medical Officer have been completed and the new Nurses' hostel will shortly be ready for occupation.